Liverpool Docks

Intro: 
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Once knew a man who thought he was another guy, 
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he was livin' a lie. 
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He took a chance by roaming the streets in the night, 
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Till he learned how to fight. 
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He met trouble one night, another man with his wife. 
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So he brought out his knife, didn't mean to take his life. 
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Now he's got to get away, hear him say 
 

 
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I'm going down to the Liverpool Docks, 
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Try to hitch a ride, ain't gonna break no rocks. 
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And I never had a friend, I never needed one. 
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I'm going down to the silvery sea, 
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I'm gonna go some place where they won't find me. 
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And maybe I can go where I won't ever have to come 
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back again.  



Solo: 
D  A  D  A  (x2) 

 
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He took his time, lived his life alone, 
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An' his thoughts were his own. 
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He lived in a place he'd never heard of before, 
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In Block number four. 
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Then one night at his door, he stood facing the law. 
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On the paper he saw, what they wanted him for, 
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They're gonna take him back, and he said 
 

 
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I'm going back to the Liverpool Docks, 
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Gonna take a ride, gonna break some rocks. 
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And I never had a friend, but I never needed one. 

turn to full voice 

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Take a ride on the silvery sea, 
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I'm gonna go some place where they won't find me. 
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And I don`t wanna go `cause I know that I`ll never come 
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back again. 
 

Outro:
 
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I'm going down to the Liverpool Docks, 
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Try to hitch a ride, ain't gonna break no rocks. 
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And I never had a friend, I never needed one.